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Northville schools plan annual ‘Parent Camp’

Northville Public School ance school and life; cyber safe- ” movie is 60 minutes and is not
District is sponsoring Parent ty; time management skills; New to Parent Camp this year recommended for viewers
Camp 2019 beginning at 8:30 a.m. building a child's reading and under the age of 16. The Kids
Saturday, March 23 at Northville writing skills; children and tech- is a session for children in kindergarten Empowered program will con-
High School, 45700 Six Mile nology; and helping a child tran- through fifth grade called Kids Empowered. clude by 12:20 p.m. and parents
Road. The morning begins with sition from middle to high school will be asked to pick up their
refreshments and then more and high school to college. There students at that time.)
than 20 break-out sessions will will also be a session on vaping New to Parent Camp this year chance to attend a related Kids Parent Camp is a partnership
start at 9 a.m. The camp is sched- and opioid abuse - unfortunate is a session for children in Empowered session through of Northville Public Schools and
uled to end at 12:30 p.m. realities in our world today. For kindergarten through fifth grade Parent Camp to help reinforce the Northville Educational
Following a brief welcome, more in-depth information on called Kids Empowered. While these skills with their children at Foundation.
Parent Camp participants will substance abuse issues and their parents attend Parent home. There is a $10 fee for Kids The presenting sponsor for
have an opportunity to attend up teens, Northville Public Schools Camp sessions, Kids Empowered and participation is Parent Camp is the Michigan
to three break-out sessions on a is hosting a separate educational Empowered participants will limited to the first 80 registered Educational Credit Union. Other
wide array of topics of interest, opportunity, Drugs 101: What's rotate through five stations students. sponsors include Community
led by Northville educators and Important to Know, from 6-7:30 where they will learn practical Following Parent Camp, at Financial Credit Union and the
experts from across the commu- p.m. Monday, March 25 at skills that will help them navi- 12:30 p.m., there will be a show- Knickerbocker Group of
nity. Topics include supporting a Northville High School. The ses- gate challenging social situa- ing of the documentary Raymond James.
child's social and emotional sion is sponsored by Saint tions both in and outside of Resilience: The Biology of Stress To register or for more infor-
wellbeing; helping students bal- Joseph Mercy Health System. school. Parents will also have a and the Science of Hope. The mation call (248) 344-3500.

Township names new City OK's police pact

communications director ified a 3-year union contract addition to the provision for
The city of Belleville has rat-
holiday pay. Part-time officers

Stephanie Caldwell has been In 2017, Caldwell began her with the local Police Officers will also now be paid at the
Association of Michigan.
time-and-one-half hourly rate if
promoted to the position of full- career with Northville Members of the police union they are called in by manage-
time communications director Township as a Social Media and had previously agreed to the ment for a shift or time other
for Northville Township, Communications Coordinator. terms of the new contract than their scheduled hours.
according to “She has which will be retroactive from The contract also includes
an announce- ” taken our Jan. 1, 2019 and continue provisions allowing for a
ment from social media through Dec. 31, 2021. Terms of reserve officer to work to fill a
T ownship She has taken to a new level the agreement provide a 2.5 shift if no part-time officer is
Manager Chip and is percent pay increase for each available for a regularly sched-
Snider. our social media involved in all of the three years of the con- uled time slot provided the offi-
Caldwell to a new level... aspects of dig- tract and a $100 signing bonus cer usually assigned to the shift
will work at ital communi- for each officer. is notified in advance and
the general cation, over- Stephanie Caldwell Several changes in the con- approves of the substitution.
direction of seeing social tract concern part-time and Another change in the con-
Snider and media plat- brochures, flyers, public service reserve officers working for the tract requires that the position
her position will include multi- forms and postings, the town- announcements, and other city. of school resource officer be
ple responsibilities and com- ship's App and developing a communications. Caldwell The union officers agreed to offered for bid to the officers
prehensive communications for new township website,” Snider earned her master's degree a uniform allowance at half the and that the school resource
all township departments. She noted in the prepared news from Eastern Michigan rate paid full-time officers for officer hold the position for a
will be responsible for the release. Caldwell is working on University and a bachelor's part-time officers and also maximum of four years.
design of township display marketing and branding for degree from Michigan State. agreed to payment of an hourly Approval of the agreement
materials including newsletters, departments within the town- She previously worked in com- rate at one and one half times by the city council was by unan-
posters, flyers, logos, report cov- ship along with writing news munications for the City of the usual rate for part-time offi- imous vote of the city council
ers and brochures. releases, newsletters, Novi. cers who work holidays, in members.